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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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We Summon the Darkness OK/G
Three chicks go to a heavy metal concert in Indiana. They meet up with three dudes they had an
incident with on the way. They all go to
a party at one of their houses after the concert. Given the title and that the film takes place
in 1988 (a time when Satanic panic was prevalent), you know one trio are going
to be the villains and the other the victims, and it isn’t hard to figure out
which (if you’ve seen enough movies). It’s
actually a bit of a clever twist in regards to why they’re doing what they’re
doing, making a specific group of people look bad, that not being a complaint,
at least not from this viewer.
Naturally, things don’t go as planned and one mishap after another happens,
blood being spilled at times. It is
predictable here and there (almost as if it actually was made in 1988), but I
had enough fun with it to tell you (you mostly being fans of these types of
films) to give it a look. Just don’t
expect a masterpiece, although it might’ve gained a bit of cult status had it
actually been released in 1988 (I don’t know).
6/10/2020
Bonus review:
Curon: Season One OK
New seven-episode (between 41 and 51 minutes each) Italian
series available on Netflix (I don’t think I need to tell you that Italian
means subtitles for those not fluent in Italian, but you can adjust the audio
and subtitles to your liking before each episode). It’s a thriller mystery but also a teen/familial
drama that started off interestingly with great characterizations, and has many
good ideas contained within, but it eventually loses steam (closer to the end)
and misses the mark when all is said and done.
The titular town apparently has a history to it and everyone has a
doppelganger that emerges from a lake surrounding a bell tower. Jordan Peele’s Us also showed us that we all have a doppelganger. Whereas that film gave us an explanation,
however implausible, I must’ve missed why everyone has a doppelganger in this
series, if it was mentioned at all. Sure,
curses and apparitions were mentioned and the town has a history involving the
first two World Wars, but, again, I must’ve missed the connection if there was
one. There was also mention of the
notion that we all have two wolves inside of us, a good and bad one, so maybe I
didn’t look into it too well? It seems
like a season two could be a possibility (currently there are no indications of
it happening), so maybe more will be explained in the future? Maybe, but I have to be satisfied with each
individual entry/season whenever it comes to movie franchises, TV shows, what
have you. 6/12/2020
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Outback (2020) >>>EH
The River Murders >>>OK
---Sean O.
6/12/2020
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